Voting is crowd control.

Voting gives us a very misleading sense of control over our surroundings. But honestly, what does voting do for the individual? Close to nothing. Voting allows us to breath easy thinking "Well I've done all I can, and now its up to them". But the fact of the matter is that it isn't up to someone else once your vote is cast. After you've finished voting you can still deeply affect your environment and those that exist around you.

The government doesn't have a whole lot of control over what goes on in every day life. Assuming that the whole system doesn't crash, life will remain fairly stable. You can't change society through a vote so much as you can affect everyone you know, and this in turn will cause them to affect those that they know. Sure you can cast a ballot and get the liberals or the conservatives voted in, but what really matters is getting into peoples minds. The power to change comes from affecting individuals, the government doesn't have that power because they don't have access to the individual. Only you have access to the individual. You have influence. Use it. Stand up for changes you want to see. You can affect those around you through your lifestyle. It doesn't end at voting, it doesn't even start at voting. Voting is simply crowd control.


*I'M LISTENING TO: Pinback - Blue Screen Life*